Beyoncé

“I don’t like too much structure. I like to be free. I’m not alive unless I am creating something.”

“Anyone who perceives my message as antipolice is completely mistaken. I have so much admiration and respect for officers and the families of officers who sacrifice themselves to keep us safe. But let’s be clear: I am against police brutality and injustice. Those are two separate things.”

“I had to tell myself, ‘At some point, you have to be the adult that your father has raised.’”

“My parents taught me how to work hard and smart. Both were entrepreneurs; I watched them struggle working 18-hour days,”

“We both knew it was time, maybe a few years before, but I love my father so much, and he has taught me so many things. So [choosing to part ways] was something that was hard,”

“They taught me that nothing worth having comes easily. My father stressed discipline and was tough with me. He pushed me to be a leader and an independent thinker. My mother loved me unconditionally, so I felt safe enough to dream.”

“If Beyoncé came to me and said, ‘Dad, I wanna be a doctor,’ I would find a way of buying a hospital.”

“I worked so hard during my childhood to meet this goal: By the time I was 30 years old, I could do what I want.”

“You lose touch with who you are,”

“You wanna think she’s a bitch because she’s so fine,”

“When you work so much like we did, it’s just too much.”